The capitalist world offered sympathy, advice and a little more money Thursday to the beleaguered republics of the former Soviet Union, which have lost about a quarter or more of their economic output since the fall of communism. "It is important . . . for us to acknowledge the hardships which the process of economic reforms is bringing to the people of the former Soviet Union," Acting Secretary of State Lawrence S.

The capitalist world offered sympathy, advice and a little more money Thursday to the beleaguered republics of the former Soviet Union, which have lost about a quarter or more of their economic output since the fall of communism. "It is important . . . for us to acknowledge the hardships which the process of economic reforms is bringing to the people of the former Soviet Union," Acting Secretary of State Lawrence S.